Incorporated in this volume are the first two books in Mukai's series on moduli theory. The notion of a moduli space is central to geometry. However, its influence is not confined there; for example the theory of moduli spaces is a crucial ingredient in the proof of Fermat's last theorem. Researchers and graduate students working in areas ranging from Donaldson or Seiberg-Witten invariants to more concrete problems such as vector bundles on curves will find this to be a valuable resource. Amongst other things this volume includes an improved presentation of the classical foundations of invarant theory that, in addition to geometers, would be useful to those studying representation theory. This translation gives an accurate account of Mukai's influential Japanese texts.
By:
Shigeru Mukai (Nagoya University Japan) Translated by:
W. M. Oxbury (University of Durham) Imprint: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 81 Dimensions:
Height: 225mm,
Width: 158mm,
Spine: 31mm
Weight: 940g ISBN:9780521809061 ISBN 10: 0521809061 Series:Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics Pages: 524 Publication Date:08 September 2003 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for An Introduction to Invariants and Moduli
'The book contains a great amount of material, but it remains very readable. The author has obviously put a lot of effort into making even the complicated topics accessible.' G r Megyesi, UMIST